Shouldn't we feel sorry for the man?

In this file photo taken on Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, right, and V. Stiviano, left, watch the Clippers play the Sacramento Kings during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

His needs are so simple. All he wants is to run an NBA franchise without having his girlfriend publicly associate with black people, so that either a friend named Dennis or some unnamed dentist won't keep scolding him.

"Who would want to live with a woman like you? All you ever wanted to do was fight," Sterling says. "You're a born fighter."

We should all remember this story the next time we're tempted to think the 1 percent have it easy.